Will you miss not seeing the Class 1A Division II state high school basketball championships being hosted at Gross Memorial Coliseum on the campus of Fort Hays State University this year? (FHSU and KSHSAA has decided to relocate this year's tournament to Dodge City since the FHSU women have the possibility of hosting an NCAA Division II regional tourney.)

PITTSBURG, Kan. (AP) -- Pittsburg police and firefighters will be getting more co-workers and new equipment, after voters approved a half-cent sales tax earmarked for their departments.

Unofficial results showed the tax questioned passed Tuesday by a margin of 767 to 502. The Joplin Globe reports (http://bit.ly/1ePqH4d ) it will raise the sales tax in Pittsburg from a combined local, county and state rate of 8.4 cents to 8.9 cents.

City Manager Daron Hall says the new tax, which begins Jan. 1, will bring in an estimated $1.8 million per year over 10 years.

The police department will add another five patrol officers and a dispatcher, two detectives and a commander for the investigations unit, and a narcotics unit of three officers, along with new equipment. The fire department's revenue will go mostly toward equipment.